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Our general meeting is Wednesday, March

15, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the EAA Building at

Watsonville Airport, 60 Aviation Way.

Directions: Coming From CA-1 North take

the Airport Blvd/Freedom Exit. Merge onto

Larkin Valley Road., Turn left onto Airport

Blvd. Turn left onto Aviation Way.

Coming from CA-1 South take Airpor t

Blvd/Freedom. Turn left onto Ranport Rd.,

Turn left onto Airport Blvd. Turn left onto

Aviation Way.

Chapter meeting— March 15, 2017

What’s Inside

Chapter Member Activities, Membership 2

Prop Wash 3

Minutes 4,5

Watsonville Pilot Assoc, W.E.A.C.T. 5

True & Magnetic North, Biography Request 6

Invitation to the German Section Anniversary 7

Alice Talnack biography & pictures 8,9

Individual Biography questions 10

Cookies for the Tower Pictures 1,11,12,15

SmileAmazon Foundation MBY fundraiser 12

The Taylors @ Smithsonian Air & Space Mus. 13

Perpetual Calendar 14

Hospitality, Lesson from Brown Pelican 15

Calendar 16

LOgBOOK

Established August 14, 1965

www.montereybay99s.org

March 2017 Volume 21, Issue 3

Kay (center)

delivering

cookies to Fran

Teeters & Lori

Atkinson of Cal

Pacific Airmo-

tive

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Chair: Joanne Nissen

Vice-Chair: Mona Kendrick

Secretary: Kay Harmon

Treasurer: Alice Talnack

Past Chair: Claudia Contreras

Logbook Editor: Jeanne Sabankaya

Deadline: 5th of each month for the current month’s publication. Send info to jeannesabankaya@gmail.com

Committee Chairs

Aerospace Education:

Alice Talnack

Air Marking:

Michaele Serasio

Scholarship:

Alice Talnack

Membership:Carolgene Dierolf

Historian: ?????

Librarian: Laura Barnett

Scrapbook:?????

Aviation Activities:?????

Legislative: Alice Talnack

WebMistress: Gabrielle Adelman

Public Relations Coordinator:

Carolyn Dugger

Hospitality Chair:

Joanne Nissen

Monterey Bay

Membership Donations

If you haven’t please make your membership donations mini-mum of $20 please do so. Make check payable to Monterey Bay 99s and send to Alice Talnack, 140 Dovewood Ln, Ap-tos, CA 95003 OR, br ing your chapter donation to the next MB Chapter meeting.. Our local dues run from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017.

Monterey Bay Yearly Chapter Members Donations 7/1/2016–

6/30/2017

Below is the latest list of members who have paid dues / made

a yearly donation to the MB 99s.

Adelman, Gabrielle Arnold, Earline Bachman, Marjorie

Barnett, Laura Chauvet, Sarah Contreras, Claudia

Dierolf, Carolgene Dugger, Carolyn Eisemann, Mary Ellen

Fagan-Smith, Barbara Harmon, Kay Harris, Leritha

Hendrickson, Jeanne Kendrick, Mona Mendelsohn, Stephanie

Nissen, Joanne Pratt, Sandy Purvis, Sue

Sabankaya, Jeanne Serasio, Michaele Talnack, Alice

Taylor-Home, Sophia

Friends of the 99s Katrina Espinoza

Member Activities

Jeanne Sabankaya—newsletter, FAAST seminar (Jan)

Carolgene Dierolf

Joanne Nissen—cookies for the tower, worked on Sean Tucker Award application (Jan)

Kay Harmon—cookies for the tower, SOPA, worked on Sean Tucker Award application (Jan)

Theresa L.B.—cookies for the tower, W.E.A.C.T. meeting, Airport tour WVI, flying locally, worked on Sean Tucker Award application (Jan)

Laura Barnett—cookies for the tower, 99s library

Carolyn Dugger—99s biography

Sarah Chauvet—Watsonville Pilots Association treasurer, Watsonville Airport Advisory Committee member

Sophia Taylor-Home—toured Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

Michaele Serasio—SWS Winter Business Meeting

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Prop Wash

By Joanne Nissen

Wow, what wonderful flying weather the last few days....feels like Spring is here. With rain fore-cast for this weekend (writing this article on Saturday the 4th), I know we are not out of the woods yet for more storms and/or storm related troubles. I trust none of you have been impact-ed by the storms that have hammered the Central Coast. I have friends living in Big Sur and we have seen how general aviation has played a role in helping those folks out during the storms and now ferrying supplies to those trapped between a failing bridge and road closing slides. Marjorie will be giving us a rundown either this month or next during our meeting what Wat-sonville is doing to formalize general aviation's reaction to an emergency situation.

My cousin, Jerry, and I flew the Salinas River on the 22nd...well he was flying as I do not have my medical back yet and I was taking pictures of the flood from Salinas to the Arroyo Seco River. This was flood stage for us along that stretch altho the highest flow did not reach the Hwy 68 bridge until that night. That is about a day (river flow time) below me. Our area came within a inch or two of having the water flow over the road leading up to the bridge heading into Gonza-les. I lucked out and altho the river channel was very, very full, my farming ground stayed dry (well, very wet ground from the rain, but no flood waters.)

For the March meeting, the Airport Manager from Watsonville, Rayvon, will briefly update us on some items specific to WVI. In addition, we will be joined by Jeff Soares, Salinas Owners and Pilots Association President, so he too can hear about these items and take them back to his association.

I just read that AOPA has honored Sean D. Tucker with the AOPA's R.A. “Bob” Hoover Trophy. Glad we have submitted an application to the 99s to honor Sean. If he is not recognized this year, the Award Committee will submit his name next year.

I love flying in the Spring and partaking of the wonderful sights of color on the hills...green of course now with rain, but then the yellows of poppies or other yellow flowers. Years ago on a flight across the Sierras...I cross straight east from Visalia to Death Valley, just north of the China Lake restricted area... I looked at a particular waterfall I enjoy that drains a high plateau just east of the Kern River. There was so much snow melt coming down that drainage that when it hit that waterfall, the rooster tail was almost as tall as the falls! Wow! Then as I was reaching Page, AZ my destination, I noticed this wonderful orange glow on the ground....not sure what it was. As I was nearing my touch down at Page, I realized my orange glow was from the Globe Mallow wild flowers.....millions of soft orange colored wildflowers from the wet year they had had. It is true, we can almost smell the roses even from the left seat!! Enjoy what is outside the window!!

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Monterey Bay 99s Membership Meeting -- February 15, 2016

Call to Order at 6:50 pm by Chair Joanne N. following dinner at the Flying Artichoke, at Salinas

Airport.

Attendance: Joanne N., Kay H., Jeanne S., Michaele S., Alice T., Laura B., Theresa L., Sa-

rah C., Sophia T-H, Sue P., Carolgene D., Carolyn D.

Guests: Audrianne & Emily T-H, George S, Lisa , (Michaele S. son and sister) Carol Tevebaugh,

CFI, Krista Kern Pool, coordinator for Every Kid Can Fly; and Vanessa Barbosa, newly certified

student pilot.

Joanne introduced airport manager Brett Godown who discussed the importance of pre-flight, and also

the AOPA Regional event held in Salinas May, 2015. More Central locations are needed. He also

discussed Airport vs. Air show, Salinas City Council advised more prep work is needed. Brett also

said Airmarking of the Salinas Compass rose can be scheduled after survey completed; April, May

or June. Brett also stated he is looking to foster better communications/relationship with the city,

and suggests an Open House or mixer that would include City Council, SOPA, 99s, airport tenants

and Airport Businesses as well as the community.

Airport upgrades being completed, including electrical, LED lights, new PAPI and REIL and lighted

wind cone.

Minutes of November, 2016 meeting approved, MSP Marjorie B. & Michaele S.

Committee Reports:

Air Marking: Michelle S. will check status of Marina compass rose

Air and Space: report by Alice T. urged members to report aviation related events.

Awards: Joanne, Kay and Theresa completed request for 99s award to honor Sean D. Tucker.

Oral Histories: Alice will check with Donna CB on status.

Scholarship: It was suggested the verbiage in the scholarship document be adjusted. Alice T. will re-

view.

Share Your Holidays: Joanne shared toys that can be donated for the December KSBW telecast.

Marjorie B., Laura B., Joanne, Kay H., Audrianne & Emily T-H shared cookie delivery donations to

airports.

It was suggested that SOPA and 99s work together to nominate Sean D. Tucker’s induction to Forest

of Friendship..

Carolyn D. discussed the importance of each of us complete our own unique biographies in order for

our chapter to have our unique stories in our chapter history. She will send template to members.

Reports and Unfinished Business:

Alice and Michaele reported on Southwest Section Winter Workshop; International Conference in

2020 on the Queen Mary in Long Beach

Discussed any changes to our Holiday party, will stay as in the past.

It was decided to have January meetings as in the past.

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New Business:

A donation was made to our library, History of 99s, from estate of long time member Geri

Halfpenny-Chappell.

Hollister is organizing an Explorer start-up group of Boy Scouts, looking for volunteers.

Discussed possibility of ICAO Flight Planning session.

99s are able to vote electronically for upcoming elections.

Southwest Spring Section to be held in Oakland April 27-30.

A committee consisting of Marjorie B, Alice T., Krista, and Audrianne T-H will work on

fund raising possibilities instead of Human Race.

Meeting adjourned at 8:55 PM.

Watsonville Pilots Association meeting—Wednesday March 29, 2017

WINGS Presentation: How Commercial Drones are Operating in the Aviation World

Chris Bley, from Inspect Tools will tell us how his companies operate using drone s

WPA Business meeting at 7 p.m. followed by the WINGS Presentation at 7:30 p.m.

W.E.A.C.T.— Watsonville Emergency Airlift Command Team

W.E.A.C.T. is an all volunteer organization established to provide early response airlift opera-tions to disaster flooding. We are connected with the City of Watsonville and the county of Santa Cruz Emergency Services (red shipping containers off runway 27 of KWVI...that’s where WEACT will operate in an emergency situation.

W.E.A.C.T .is planning an exercise on May 20, 2017 and we need volunteers. Please check out our website (www.emergencyairlift.org) and realize many people won’t be able to show up at the airport when a disaster hits so we’re trying to establish and develop a large volunteer base.

Thanks for getting involved!!!

If you have any questions about W.E.A.C.T, call Marjorie Bachman at 831-722-5138

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This article comes from MZeroA.com leading source in

flight training (includes on-line training) whose motto is “that a good pilot is always learning.”

QUESTION: When you read a METAR is that in reference to true or magnetic nor th?

What about an ATIS or ASOS? Use the following saying to help you remember.

“If you read it, it’s True

If you hear it, it’s Magnetic”

Winds on METARs, TAF, surface analysis charts are TRUE NORTH. ATIS, AWOS, ASOS

are MAGNETIC NORTH. The EXCEPTION is when you speak to a FSS briefer. They are

just reading the METAR to you so this is in reference to TRUE NORTH.

Hello Ladies, In an effort to preserve and honor our unique individual history for the Monterey Bay Chapter of The Ninety Nines, I have attached a questionnaire to help you write your biography. Aviation has brought us together but who is that person sitting next to us? We may have known each other for many years, but do we really? I think it is important to re-member that women in aviation are extraordinarily uncommon achieving a goal that many cannot even imagine, flying an airplane…Simply remarkable. So, how did you do it? What got you interested? Writing your biography is a fun way to introduce yourself to the chapter and allows us to follow our mission statement by creating a profile of chapter members for historical purposes. Step right up and describe your amazing life and remember, everyone has a story to tell. Don’t forget to send along pictures! The spotlight is now on you! Thanks for taking the time to write. Best regards, Carolyn Dugger 831 345-1907

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Other

Interesting hobbies

What has been your greatest accomplishment?

Describe any major lifetime events.

On separate pages, write your story. Do not worry about the semantics, just tell us about your life.

Once you have compiled the information, we will discuss the content and build your bio.

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99s Invitation to German Section Anniversary Dear 99s, On behalf of the German Section, Ursula Hammer and Andrea Amberge would like to invite you and your section/chapter members to Wiesbaden, Germany (close to Frankfurt Airport) from December 1st to December 3rd, 2017. We would like to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the German Section with you. The celebration offers opportunities to connect with other 99s in Germany and Europe and to spend a weekend together in a typical German setting around Christmas markets and other great events related to flying. We will hold some rooms in a hotel downtown Wiesbaden so that you will have a first contact point on this journey. The opportunity of linking this event with a visit to Germany or Europe is great – Frankfurt Airport is just around the corner. We would like to ask your assistance in promoting this event at section/chapter meetings and in chapter communications. Encourage your members to mark their calendars and write to us if they are interested to attend. We will follow up with more detailed information. a.amberge@gmx.net Thank you for your consideration and support. We look forward to seeing you in Wiesbaden, Germany. Fly safely, Ute (Hoelscher)

05:00 PM Reception with an official city administrator of Wiesbaden (city hall or state parliament) 6:00 PM Celebration of the 20th anniversary Flying Buffet at " EMMA and LUIS” www.emmaundluis.de

The Flying Buffet takes place with a special atmosphere and great service, keeps people moving to get to know each other easily Open end

Saturday, Dec 2, 2017

Morning Breakfast at Hotel 10:30 AM International meeting and celebration with retrospection of 20 years 99s, German Section 01:00 PM Snack Departure by bus to Lufthansa Flight Train-ing Frankfurt Airport www.lufthansa-flight-training.com/en 03:00 PM Sightseeing and guided tour(English and German) of Lufthansa Flight Training Center with possible (if free and available) emergency training on a B 737 mock-up - insight of the train-ing of crews in emergency situations, accidents, etc. to keep their licenses current Between 06:00 PM and 06:30 PM Departure to Hotel by bus Evening Christmas Market (open until 09:00 PM) with food, drinks, arts and crafts (small pre-sents) www.wiesbaden.de/microsite/weihnachten-en/index.php Ice rink and/or Lumen-Alm www.wiesbaden.de/microsite/weihnachten-en/020/eiszeit-en.php Good night drink at hotel

Sunday, Dec 3, 2017

Morning Breakfast at Hotel and check out 11:00 AM Guided city tour (English and German) of Wiesbaden (by the Wiesbaden Women's Museum - Motto: "Famous Women of Wiesbaden" (among those: Kätchen Paulus, first Ger-man female parachutist) 12:00 PM Reception with possibility of visiting the Wiesbaden Women's Museum's current exhibition www.frauenmuseum-wiesbaden.de/en

To be continued with own program

Schedule of Events: 20th ANNIVERSARY - 99s GERMAN SECTION

PROGRAM: Friday, Dec 1 to Sunday, Dec 3, 2017

Friday, Dec 1, 2017: 04:00 PM Arrival at Hotel

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Monterey Bay Chapter Alice Talnack

Personal Biography

I was born and raised most of my life in California. Originally, Southern California and as an adult, the Monterey Bay area. There were a few years spent in other states when my father’s work required it, but basically I am a native of California.

I got the flying bug early in life. My father started as an airplane mechanic, earned his private pilot license and a degree in aeronautical engineering through the G.I. bill, post-World War II. As kids we were frequently at the airport with our father. At home, he earned extra money for his growing family, by rebuilding airplanes. So, as a kid, we always had an airplane in the gar-age that he was working on, instead of a car.

Our father quit flying, sold the Aeronca, and years passed until at 40 years of age I

decided it was my turn to accomplish what I always dreamt of, to become a pilot, and continue the family tradition.

Why so long? Well, as many of us can identify with, life, work, buying a home,

family, etc. came first.

I had earned my Bachelor’s degree, two Master’s degrees, and a Doctorate along the way. I can attest to the fact that earning a Private Pilot’s License is comparable to earning a Master’s degree.

So with pilot’s license in hand I purchased my 1963 Mooney, affectionately named “Jack”. I could not fly it yet, just taxied it around the airport but it was mine, a complex, high perfor-mance rated airplane. Now, many years later, owner assisted annuals, repairs, equipment, fly-ing adventures and hours of flight it is still mine.

I joined The Ninety-Nines, Women Pilots Organization, in 2000, one month before the chapter was scheduled to hold the SWS Fall Section Meeting. At the section meeting I felt that I was among other women that understood and would support my desire to fly. Ever since my first section meeting I have rarely missed one and frequently attend the International Business Meetings to feel supported, for the camaraderie, and to keep flying! Otherwise, it gets pretty lonely and hard to justify the experience and expense of flying.

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Alice Talnack

Personal Biography

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As a member of the Monterey Bay Chapter I pitch in on anything that needs to be done.

Chapter officer, Southwest Section officer, airport volunteer, air marking crew, classroom

presenter, report writer, crew for cleaning up after all the work is done. I like to say I am one

of the behind the scenes, help when asked, and get it done, members of the chapter.

I have been an educator, pilot, golfer, friend, family member, volunteer for NIFA, SWS and

International 99s officer and member of EAA, SOPA, AOPA, WAI, Watsonville Airshow

Board,

and so on and so on as time has gone by.

Most important of all I am truly humbled to have been blessed with all that I have been able to

accomplish in my life. And the thanks for all that I have been able to accomplish goes to my

parents, my family, my students, fellow educators, The Ninety-Nines, and my co-pilots in the

Monterey Bay Chapter for keeping me flying.

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Monterey Bay 99s

International Organization of Women Pilots

Individual Biography

The questions below have been designed to help you provide enough information to write your

biography. Briefly describe your adventures in life as well as aviation. Once completed please send

along pictures help tell your story. It’s all about you!

Personal Information

Name

Where you were born and raised

Family / Children

Education-Special Skills and / or Training

Affiliations-Professional Associations

Outline any notable achievements or awards you have earned

Profession

Career(s) highlights.

Aviation

How did you hear about the 99s?

How did aviation enter your life? When did you get bitten by the aviation bug?

Who inspired your interest in aviation?

Where & when did you receive your first flying lesson?

Where & when did you receive your private pilots’ license?

Where did you fly on your first cross country?

List your aviation rating and certificates.

Do you own your own plane? What is it?

Where is your favorite place to fly?

How does your formal education impact aviation activities?

Tell us about any Interesting aviation adventures.

Were there any obstacles to overcome in this life or to achieve your aviation goals?

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Other

Interesting hobbies

What has been your greatest accomplishment?

Describe any major lifetime events.

On separate pages, write your story. Do not worry about the semantics, just tell us about your life.

Once you have compiled the information, we will discuss the content and build your bio. Contact

Carolyn Dugger for more information @ cdugger@earthlink.net

COOKIES FOR THE TOWER

Joanne and Kay were very busy on Valentine’s Day delivering cookies to Larry Lujan (repair

shop) of Airmotive Specialties, Airport Manager’s office, Sean d. Tucker’s maintenance

hangar. Jet West , Cal Pacific Airmotive, and Salinas Air Traffic Control Tower.

Joanne with Demi of Sean

Tucker’s shop

Audrianne & Emily Taylor-

Homes made & delivered

cookies.

Salinas Air Traffic Control Tower

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MEMBERS’ ACTIVITIES

Alice Talnack—SOPA; visit aloha chapter, Regan Library, Air Force One; WINGS seminar—

ICAO—flight planning (new forms) (January—flight review, WINGS 2, ADS-B, PAP- R, flight & rebate, visit Fresno Chapter, Winter Workshop)

Sue Purvis—airport commission, SOPA

Marjorie Bachman—cookies for the tower, W.E.A.C.T meeting, CFI

VISITORS

Carol Tevebaugh—CFI active

Krista Kerr-Poole—started flying lessons!

Vanessa Barbosa—got student pilot license

Audrianne Taylor—mom of student pilot Sophia

Emily Taylor-Home—sister of student pilot Sophia

George Sastini (Michaele’s son)—passenger

Lisa Lopez (Michaele’s sister) - passenger

Jet West cookie

recipients on Valentine’s

Day.

SmileAmazon Foundation

AmazonSmile or SmileAmazon.is a program where Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price

of eligible products to the charitable organizations selected by the customer. Now Monterey Bay

has its own account. If you wish to donate to Monterey Bay, go to http://smile.amazon.com) and

type in Southwest Sections of Ninety-Nines, Inc. Then select the chapter of your choice, hopefully

Monterey Bay. That’s all you need to do to help us raise money for our scholarships and aviation

related activities.

Thank you.

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In January this year, I was in Washington DC on a trip for my boss. Being in that proximity to the Smithsonian Air And Space Museum and the Annex and of course being an aviation fan, I had to go! I have a friend who lives nearby in Virginia that went with me to the Steven F Udvar Hazy Center Annex near Washington Dulles. I had been to the main Air and Space Museum before but not the Annex and had wanted to go for a long time so I was pretty excited. My friend and I were just getting ready to enter the exhibit area of the museum when I thought I heard my name being called! How could that be? I’m clear on the other side of the country! But it stands to reason that if I’m going to see anyone I know, I imagine it would be at someplace aviation themed! I turned around looking for the source of the call and there were Sophia and her mom Audrianne Taylor! I couldn’t be-lieve it! It was great to see them and so far away taking advantage of a wonderful aviation museum! They had just finished with the muse-um and we were just starting it. They gave rave reviews about it and we were not disap-pointed! We took a few pictures together right by the entrance with airplanes in the back-ground before we went our separate ways. It was a really wonderful way to start the muse-um tour!

Contributed by

Jill Smith

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MONTEREY BAY 99s

Perpetual Chapter Activities Calendar

March

MB99s Nominating Committee—Bi-Annual

April

MB99s ballots distributed for new officers—Bi-Annual

Mojave Experimental Fly-In @ Mojave Air & Space Port—April 14-16. 2017

May

Southwest Spring Section Meeting

MB99s Scholarship Award & Luncheon

Scholarship Fundraiser—Human Race, Santa Cruz

June

Chapter Reports Due to International

MB99s—History & Scrapbook Remembrance/Updates

Identify pilots for Section Award @ Fall SWS meeting

July

International Conference

Officer Installation—Bi-annual

Installation—Forest of Friendship

Membership donations due

Share the Holidays—start collecting toys

August

Chapter Anniversary—August 14, 1965

National Aviation Day—Orville Wright’s birthday August 19th

September

WVI Airshow—Pilot Registration Committee

Salinas Air Show

October

Southwest Section Fall Meeting

November

December

Holiday Potluck/Party

“Share the Holidays” aviation related toys for children drive

Deadline for Scholarship Applications

Day-after-Christmas, aviation toy shopping

January

Southwest Section Winter Workshop Meeting

February

Cookies for the towers

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HOSPITALITY for 20167 meetings —Please sign-up and let Joanne know

March—Jeanne S

April -

May -

June -

Laura, Theresa and Marjorie baked and delivered cookies to the Watsonville Airport office

Lesson from the Brown Pelican

While on a guided tour of Ano Nuevo State Park, brown pel-icans were flying over the shoreline and then flying inland and diving into a nearby pond of clear water. The guide in-formed us that when the pelicans dive for food into the ocean, their wings become crusty when the salt water on their wings dry. Just like icing on a plane’s wings, the salt crusts affect their aerodynamics and become a lift factor, so hence, they wash off the salt for a smoother flight.

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Monterey Bay Chapter 99s

c/o Joanne Nissen

Rt. 1 Box 99

Soledad, CA 93960

September, 8-9 , 2017- Norman, OK. - KOUN AOPA Fly-In

July 11-16, 2017 International Conference—San Antonio Texas

April, 28-29, 2017 - Camarillo, Ca. - KCMA AOPA Fly-In

October, 6-7, 2017 Groton, CT. KGON AOPA Fly-In

October, 27-28 , 2017- Tampa, FL. - KTPF AOPA Fly-In

April 27-30, 2017 SWS meeting/Spring 2017 hosted by Bay Cities Chapter in Oakland, CA

March 15, 2017—General meeting @ WVI EAA hangar 7 p.m.